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Argus letter, what a lot of BOLLOXS
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Cian
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Violating the Argus's copyright because it'll be gone tomorrow morning:
Letter: Ask the students to decide Falmer site
Having read the article about the proposed Falmer football stadium, I take issue with the claim it is "supported by virtually everyone in the county" (The Argus, December 2).
Firstly, I doubt if many football-supporting men - less than half the population to start with - in this part of West Sussex are concerned. Most seem to support Portsmouth rather than Brighton and Hove Albion.
Secondly, the three brave MPs quoted each obtained only between 35 and 39 per cent of the vote in their respective seats in the last General Election and can't, therefore, claim to speak for the majority of their constituents.
And many of those would have voted for the pro-conservation Green Party.
Given the threats by Albion supporters to vote en-masse against them, perhaps MPs Barlow, Lepper and Turner have decided it serves their electoral interests to keep these vocal lobbyists in the Labour camp by
campaigning on their behalf - and by orchestrating a Commons' Early-Day Motion in support of the proposed stadium.
Also to be condemned is their ill-tempered attack on Lewes District Council for deciding to challenge John Prescott's legally-dubious decision in favour of the stadium.
At least half the proposed stadium site lies within Lewes district (as does Falmer village), so the district council most certainly has locus standi to challenge a decision which arguably breaks EU, if not UK, environmental protection law.
This decision was evidently reached after a most disgraceful - not to say, intimidatory - lobbying campaign by Albion supporters.
What other private organisation, having sold off its property at a loss, should then be allowed to help itself to previously publicly- accessible land (bordering a proposed national park in one of the most important landscapes in England), for reasons essentially of its own profit?
As I understand the site is owned by Brighton University, perhaps its graduate members - many of whom, I imagine, would support Greenpeace or the Green Party - should be allowed to vote on the sale.
-P Carder, Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Arun District
Letter: Ask the students to decide Falmer site
Having read the article about the proposed Falmer football stadium, I take issue with the claim it is "supported by virtually everyone in the county" (The Argus, December 2).
Firstly, I doubt if many football-supporting men - less than half the population to start with - in this part of West Sussex are concerned. Most seem to support Portsmouth rather than Brighton and Hove Albion.
Secondly, the three brave MPs quoted each obtained only between 35 and 39 per cent of the vote in their respective seats in the last General Election and can't, therefore, claim to speak for the majority of their constituents.
And many of those would have voted for the pro-conservation Green Party.
Given the threats by Albion supporters to vote en-masse against them, perhaps MPs Barlow, Lepper and Turner have decided it serves their electoral interests to keep these vocal lobbyists in the Labour camp by
campaigning on their behalf - and by orchestrating a Commons' Early-Day Motion in support of the proposed stadium.
Also to be condemned is their ill-tempered attack on Lewes District Council for deciding to challenge John Prescott's legally-dubious decision in favour of the stadium.
At least half the proposed stadium site lies within Lewes district (as does Falmer village), so the district council most certainly has locus standi to challenge a decision which arguably breaks EU, if not UK, environmental protection law.
This decision was evidently reached after a most disgraceful - not to say, intimidatory - lobbying campaign by Albion supporters.
What other private organisation, having sold off its property at a loss, should then be allowed to help itself to previously publicly- accessible land (bordering a proposed national park in one of the most important landscapes in England), for reasons essentially of its own profit?
As I understand the site is owned by Brighton University, perhaps its graduate members - many of whom, I imagine, would support Greenpeace or the Green Party - should be allowed to vote on the sale.
-P Carder, Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Arun District
bailey
New member
"locus standi"
There's locusts standing in Falmer!
There's locusts standing in Falmer!
once again....the "they sold their ground" line. these people just embarrass themselves with their lack of factual information and they make me want to grab them by the throat and shake the living shit out of them, but of course then my brain takes over and stops me hence....stress GGGGGGGGGRRRRRR
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Do these people know anything?
sullyupthewing
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At least half the proposed stadium site lies within Lewes district .
Bullshit
Bullshit
sir danny cullip
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MYOB said:
Would anyone like to tell me how this campaign was anything other than peaceful with a democratic decision resulting from it?!
what a tosser
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Schrödinger's Toad
Nie dla Idiotów
- Jan 21, 2004
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No, no, no, no and most emphatically, no.
Cock. People whose arguments have such little foundation in fact and reality only merit contempt.
Cock. People whose arguments have such little foundation in fact and reality only merit contempt.
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
bailey said:
Don't worry, the bats will deal with them.
NMH
Banned
I think that shows the danger of bat/cactus collision
Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
What a stupid tosser.
withdeanwombat
Well-known member
Go on,you know it makes sense.
Let the students decide.
" Errr...I'll have a lime and lemonade ,please.No,no,a lager shandy.Eh?No,just a half til my dad sends me some money.Oh ,yours has.OK,I'llHave a brandy and benedictine with a pint of Harveys.ER,no............no little umbrella on a stick........Oh,go on then,twist my arm.Or was that leg.
Oh.Falmer?Is that where we are."
Snorting sounds. Goodnight.
Let the students decide.
" Errr...I'll have a lime and lemonade ,please.No,no,a lager shandy.Eh?No,just a half til my dad sends me some money.Oh ,yours has.OK,I'llHave a brandy and benedictine with a pint of Harveys.ER,no............no little umbrella on a stick........Oh,go on then,twist my arm.Or was that leg.
Oh.Falmer?Is that where we are."
Snorting sounds. Goodnight.
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
withdeanwombat said:
Except it doesn't actually say that the current students should have any say.
Cian
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Yorkie said:
Could you remove my name from that quote please, replace it with "NIMBY Numpty" maybe...
Cian
Well-known member
Yorkie said:
Its happened before, Google makes results look screwed up sometimes, just noticed someone else has done it too... never mind...
Shropshire Seagull
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MYOB said:
Ooh, thats me, I'm a Brighton Uni grad.
Let me just think about this for a moment, do I support Greenpeace or the Green party? Err umm; NO!
I support Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club !!!
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
The guy is a delusional cock. He contradicts himself anyway. If most of the blokes in the area support Portsmouth, why did the 3 MPs feel under pressure from Brighton fans to make a statement condemning the LDC appeal? If there are hardly any Brighton fans in the area, where can the pressure have come from?
Next, he doesn't like the fact that the MPs claim to be representing the majority when they only got between 35-39% of the votes! Basically, he wants to change the way representational voting is carried out until it supplies him with people that think like him! His only hope is to offer the vote to students on the offchance that they will be potential Green Party supporters...what planet is this guy on.
The only complaint most of these tossers have is that it will affect their house prices, and the snobbery value of claiming to live in a University village. Not quite the same ring as living near a lower-class community Football Stadium!
Anyway, rebuttal letter sent to the Argus pointing out his mistakes. They probably won't print it.
Next, he doesn't like the fact that the MPs claim to be representing the majority when they only got between 35-39% of the votes! Basically, he wants to change the way representational voting is carried out until it supplies him with people that think like him! His only hope is to offer the vote to students on the offchance that they will be potential Green Party supporters...what planet is this guy on.
The only complaint most of these tossers have is that it will affect their house prices, and the snobbery value of claiming to live in a University village. Not quite the same ring as living near a lower-class community Football Stadium!
Anyway, rebuttal letter sent to the Argus pointing out his mistakes. They probably won't print it.
The Clown of Pevensey Bay
Well-known member
And why does he think only men go to football? Tosser.